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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 26, 138-139, Copyright © 1979 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

Acute Airway Obstruction: A Complication of Aluminum Tape Wrapping of Tracheal Tubes in Laser Surgery

COLLIN S. KAEDER 1 and CAROL A. HIRSHMAN 1

1 Department of Anesthesiology, University of Oregon Health Sciences Center, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.

Correspondence to: Carol A. Hirshman, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology, University of Oregon Health Sciences Center, 3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, Oregon 97201, U.S.A.

A case is reported of acute airway obstruction arising from the use of a tracheal tube wrapped with aluminum tape during laryngeal surgery with a carbon dioxide laser. Problems associated with aluminum tape wrapping of tracheal tubes are discussed.






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